A Survey of Marine Coastal Litters around Zhoushan Island, China and Their Impacts

Rapid development of the economy increased marine litter around Zhoushan Island. Social-ecological scenario studies can help to develop strategies adapt such change. To investigate present situation pollution, a stratified random sampling (StRS) method was applied survey distribution coastal litters A univariate analysis variance conducted access amount in different landforms that include mudflats, artificial and rocky beaches. In addition, two questionnaires were designed for local fishermen tourists provide social scenarios. The results showed significantly different, while points had no significant difference. StRS be valuable giving relative overview beach Island with less effort future survey. questionnaire feedbacks helped understand source impact on environment economy. Based social-ecological scenarios, governance recommendations provided this paper.